** Second Call for Papers - please circulate this CFP to your colleagues and networks **

-- 17th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security (IAS 2021) --

http://www.mirlabs.org/ias21 http://www.mirlabs.net/ias21

On the World Wide Web

December 14-16,2021

Proceedings of IAS'21 will be published in Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Springer (Indexed in SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago). https://www.springer.com/series/15179

IAS 2020 Proceedings: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030736880 History of IAS series: http://www.mirlabs.net/ias21/previous.php

**Important Dates** --------------------- Paper submission due: September 30, 2021 Notification of paper acceptance: October 31, 2021 Registration and Final manuscript due: November 15, 2021 Conference: December 14-16, 2021

**About IAS 2021** --------------------- Information assurance and security have become important research issues in the networked and distributed information sharing environments. Finding effective ways to protect information systems, networks, and sensitive data within the critical information infrastructure is challenging even with the most advanced technology and trained professionals. The 17th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security (IAS) aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, developers, and policymakers involved in various information assurance and security disciplines to exchange ideas and learn the latest developments in this crucial field.

**Topics (not limited to)** --------------------------- Information Assurance, Security Mechanisms, Methodologies and Models Authentication and Identity Management Authorization and Access Control Trust Negotiation, Establishment and Management Anonymity and User Privacy Data Integrity and Privacy Network Security Operating System Security Database Security Intrusion Detection Security Attacks Security Oriented System Design Security and Performance trade-off Security Management and Strategy Security Verification, Evaluations and Measurements Secure Software Technologies New Ideas and Paradigms for Security Cryptography Cryptographic Protocols Key Management and Recovery Secure System Architectures and Security Application Image Engineering, Multimedia Signal Processing and Communication Security

**Submission Guidelines** ------------------------- Submission of a paper should be made through the submission page from the conference web page. Please refer to the conference website for guidelines to prepare your manuscript.

Paper format templates: https://www.springer.com/de/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/manuscript-...

IAS’21 Submission Link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ias2021

**Plenary Talks** ----------------------------- You are welcome to attend 8 Keynote Talks offered by world-renowned professors and industry leaders. The detailed information is available on the conference website.

Speaker 1: Antônio de Padua Braga, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil Title: Large margin classification with graph-based models

Speaker 2: Juergen Branke, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom Title: Learning to optimise – optimal learning

Speaker 3: Oscar Cordon, University of Granada, Spain Title: Hybrid Intelligent Systems for Forensic Anthropology and Human Identification

Speaker 4: Kalyanmoy Deb, Michigan State University, USA Title: TBA

Speaker 5: Andries Engelbrecht, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa Title: Set-based Particle Swarm Optimization Approach to Portfolio Optimization

Speaker 6: Frédéric GUINAND, Le Havre Normandy University, France Title: Swarms of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Speaker 7: Cengiz Toklu, Beykent University, Istanbul, Turkey Title: Hybrid Algorithms. Applications to Structural Mechanics

Speaker 8: Günther Raidl, Technische Universität Wien, Austria Title: Combinatorial Optimization Meets (Reinforcement) Learning

** IAS 2021 Organization ** ------------------------------ General Chairs Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), USA Vincenzo Piuri, University of Milan, Italy Patrick Siarry, Université Paris-Est Créteil, France

Program Chairs Oscar Castillo, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico Patrick Hung, Ontario Tech University, Canada

**Technical Contact** --------------------- Dr. Ajith Abraham Email: ajith.abraham@ieee.org

Thanks and regards Publicity Chair IAS 2021 Anu Bajaj

*Research Associate:* *Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs)* https://www.mirlabs.org/

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